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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 991 - GOVERNING
THE ENFORCEMENT OF GOVERNMENT APPROVED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS OF FILIPINO
CONTRACT WORKERS WORKING OVERSEAS
WHEREAS, existing laws and regulations
concerning employment have not actively enhanced the policy of the
state in encouraging recruitment to Filipino contract worker for
overseas employment,
WHEREAS, the continuing serious threat on the country’s overseas
employment industry precipitated by breach of government approved
employment contracts merits immediate and grave attention;
WHEREAS, impairment or breach of government approved employment
contracts, committed abroad or outside Philippine territory have
resulted in a loss of overseas job opportunities for thousands of
Filipino contract workers;
WHEREAS, it has become imperative to safeguard the employment of
thousands of Filipino contract workers;
WHEREAS, it is mandatory that the government adopts a consistent policy
of giving protection to labor without allowing or tolerating breach or
disregard of commitments under government approved employment
contracts;
WHEREAS, in carrying out the objectives of government, it is necessary
that appropriate and effective sanctions are imposed on erring parties
by and through the various agencies of government, particularly the
Ministry of Labor and Employment;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by
virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:
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Sec. 6.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of October, 1984.
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